Word: ecuador
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Spaniards first met this valuable esculent near Quito onetime Peruvian possession, now capital of Ecuador. In 1553, a Seville chronicle mentions it under the name of "battata" or "papa." Later the potato spread to Italy and Belgium, where it did not "take." In 1585, Sir Walter Raleigh planted it on his estate near Cork, Ireland, where is multiplied...
...Herbert S. Dickey of the Royal Geographic Society and his bride turned up last fortnight at Para, Brazil, after a busy honeymoon spent in crossing the Andes from Guayaquil, Ecuador; making cinema records of the art of curing human skulls among the savage, head-hunting Teveros...
Civilians Up! The military triumvirate which has administered Ecuador since last July, announced last week that the government has been returned to civilian hands. Meagre cables carried no details...
...Ecuador. For 18 hours ink-black clouds deluged Oro Province. Moment by moment the Jubones River roared louder. Frightened Ecuadorians sought shelter in their homes. At last, the river overflowed, drowned 50 persons, caused $2,000,000 property damage...
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